>> ...I thought i had read the same, and, though of course the web doesn't always
>> keep up..... the following extract is from the NRM rolling restoration pages:
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>> It is still anticipated the restoration work will be complete by the end of the
>> year. Test runs are expected to take place in late December/early January in black base
>> coat ahead of its final transformation into BR green by Lancashire-based firm Heritage Painting in
>> the Bury workshop of Riley & Son Ltd. The first opportunity to see the locomotive’s
>> latest guise as number 60103 will be February’s London to York inaugural run.
Painting wont be at Bury, it will be at Crewe. The trouble with BR green is it was never standard. It varied from workshop to workshop. (sometimes deliberate cocking a snoop)
Last edited by: Zero on Sat 16 Jan 16 at 21:42
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